Mariela's Tacos is your better Taco place. But once in a while I'll want a burrito but Mexican restaurants simply force their workers to add cheap rice as a filler. So, it's your responsibility to tell them "no rosa". Plus, it's not Spanish rice, just cheap long grain version. So remember this. Restaurants stand to make 1000% profit if and when they use cheap fillers. So I'm going to have to do a better job at telling them, "no rice". Even when I see the guy writing down "no rosa", one out of 5 burritos will have rice. So I check every time, and you should see their faces when I show them my receipt. read more

Great food here! Lots of plentiful options and has been around for years. This place offers breakfast all day, in door seating, and has lovely atmosphere and ambiance. They make the food fresh but are still timely and very friendly. Had a small feast with friends yesterday and was warmed by this place and the food. read more

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This place has changed. Paid for 5 tacos got home and only had 4 taco with the wrong meat. I was to tired and mad to drive back

Was here couple hours ago after I picked up someone from the airport. Food was great but the old lady cashier was rude and don't want to give me extra plates for my to-go. But I understand though cause she might have forgotten to take her pills that evening. read more

Came in today for my lunch since it was in the area. Absolutely not good I ordered a burrito de asada and it was not it. Meat has no flavor. Asked for onions and cilantro had about 6 pieces of onion. Meat? It was more like a bean burrito. Will not be coming back. The lady at the register was very polite. The only thing good about this place. read more

Fours stars for nostalgia, service and all the great memories since the early nineties!! Been a long long while since my last visit herringbone really alarming and worrisome reviews......? Carne asada burrito is our go to but we added a few al pastor tacos and all seemed ok and the sauces were still good? Definitely a lot of new spots and a lot spots to choose from but I still think this is a solid place? read more

Can not be more real mexican!! 25 years and counting! Congratulations on your silver anniversary! read more

Great Quesadillas!! Customer service is amazing as well!! Just a short walk from home a great comfort food!

I used to love their burritos- I used to live nearby once upon a time and would get them often. I was craving one recently and had an asada burrito but it was super bland. Not even the salsa saved it. Kinda sad to see that the flavor isn't there anymore. Oh well! read more

Mariela's Taco - Carne asada burrito - Mexican Near Me - Los Angeles, California

The veggie burrito was just okay. The beans didn't have much flavor and the burrito was sloppy. The service was okay. The ambiance wasn't the best. read more

Best tacos in the world in my opinion. Have going my entire life from the moment they first opened.

Best tacos I drive out of town for these tacos ! Customer service is good the ambiance feels homie a place that if your into wan or driving by is a must stop place ! Orchata or bomb and Agua de melon bomb ! And there piña drink amazing ! There carne guisada bomb too 10/10 read more

Im not a fan of their nachos...lots of people are...so depends. Hmmm everything else is pretty good! They do take a long time to fulfill orders though so make sure you go when you're not in a hurry read more

The food there is great my whole family loves there food, I've been going to Mariela's since they open.

The lady at the front who took my order was sweet and to the point, I appreciated how fast I was able to pay. Under 15 minutes that they said I would have to wait I got my 3 dishes. The papas supreme are my favorite and they really load it up with a lot of ingredients! The area was relatively clean! read more

Mariela's Taco - My nachos supreme - Mexican Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Mariela's has one of my favorite sounds on earth. When you order or sit down, you are sure to hear the sound of the cleavers on cutting boards, clomping perfectly grilled asada into delectable small pieces. Delicious Carne Asada Burritos and tacos. Menudo is great quality and a really refreshing, not too sweet, custom Jamaica. read more

The best food in koreatown . Have been customer for over 35 years since I got married. Very good food reasonable price and great food quality and service read more

Excellent food and excellent service Maria always takes my order over the phone. Always professional. read more

I come here for the enchiladas w green sauce. Delicioso!!! Another good Mexican eat in the neighborhood.

Food is good, service is slow. Someone else posted they ordered 3 tacos and it took 30 minutes, and same thing happened to me. Took 10 minutes to get home, and tacos were cold and greasy, so they had been sitting there despite my asking about the order after 15 minutes. No limes. They weren't that busy but then they then were backed up. Even the dine-in people were complaining that their orders were missing things. They had 4 people working the kitchen. Never again. read more

Fresh food home made strongly recommended being coming to this location for more than 20 Years (BYRON)

Great food but painfully slow service. Ordered 3 tacos and it took 30+ minutes for it to come out. Only 2 people ahead of me at time of order. Maybe get more staff ? read more

Food is great, but they do put a lot of onion/cilantro on the tacos burritos so you might want that on the side. Red sauce is decently spicy; green sauce barely spicy, guacamole has zero flavor might wanna pass. Caldo de pollo is good and served with rice/salad/tortilas; guisado de res also good; wet burrito is good, tortas, breakfast burritos, Plato de asada, menudo. All good choices. Haven't tried a few of their things but this place gets so busy sometimes. I've called, been told food will be ready in 20, and I waited almost an hour. Lunch rush. Same happens at dinner often. read more

The Greatest. I've been eating burritos here since I was a kid in the early 90s I'm 37 now, and they NEVER disappoint. LAs hidden gem, my family loves it and so do my kids sure my grandkids will too. read more

If you are looking for a restaurant with comfortable booths and somewhat quieter atmosphere then don't go here. However, if all you want is "excellent" food, then order up. I've been going here for 20 years and my only complaint is that they refuse to install an LED order number display where people would rather rely on that then having the ladies prepping the meals from a noisy stainless steel kitchen, with their heads in a pot of beans, that is not my idea of empathetic communication. However, if they were to mount an order number monitor near the pick-up area, I would give them 5-stars. read more

Meat quality is good, salsa is tasty, workers are friendly and feels family oriented. Ambiance feels very traditional southern of the border. read more

Excelente el caldo de res el menú o y tacos de cabeza mis favoritos todavía no he probado más cosas de su menú

I've been going to this place since I could eat, and my parents have been going to this restaurant since the 90s when they came to this country. It remains a favorite. read more

The food not good as before. Ordered asada plate, the meat was really dry and burrito was 80% beans and hardly had any meat. Ordered nuggets and fries for my son, the nuggets were really hard. It was a waste of money tbh. read more

Mariela's Taco - Mexican Near Me - Los Angeles, California

This place is great!! It is my uncle's favorite place! I came in today after not eating it for a while. I was reminded how tasty Marielas food is. I came in the morning when it was not busy. I ordered a burrito and Horchata. It was absolutely delicious!! This place has so many good memories with my family. This was the place we would go when we were young to have a good time. I love the food here! read more

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Hi, writing this review for you all to have PRECAUTION for the lack of sanitary Reasons. First in For-most Mariela's has overtime been a to go restaurant for my partner and I for the longest (we stay local) and unfortunately recently it has brought to our attention that the food they prepare and sell has lack of nutrition, not clean, find hairs on the food and drinks overpriced. In addition this month we bought MENUDO because my partner and I were feeling a cold & we love a good caldo but unfortunately the soup was absolutely disgusting, awful and just filled with lots of oil. We let it slide. Then week after we bought a burger with fries and again food was dry, taste like it was microwaved and given to us. Our last straw was unfortunately last night when my partner went to go buy a burrito for dinner and from that night moving forward felt like my partners last day here with us because we had him get rushed to the hospital due to FOOD POISONING!!!!! My partner HAD NO PULSE, VOMITING ALL FOOD AND BLOOD, UNCONSCIOUS, TURNED PURPLE AND HAD 10 different doctors and nurses trying to find a pulse. This is something that should never have happened if MARIELAS WAS CLEAN & SANITARY. We will be contacting our lawyers! We will also be contacting the city to discuss a potential solution/settlement. Overall my partner was finally stable and hospitalized till further notice. Please please consider avoiding this place! read more

Hello writing this review because yesterday September 08, 2025 I made an order for a burrito of carne asada with everything sauce on the side. I stopped by around 8-9pm in the evening for it, picked it up got home less than 3 minutes later (I stay locally) and got to eating. I enjoyed my burrito it tasted ok was alright nothing too crazy just something quick to eat and go to sleep soon after. I woke up at 2-3am the following morning to go to work and started throwing up followed by diarrhea back to back just felt very awful and it continued all through the early morning hours. Had to go to the hospital stopped by one of our local hospitals here in LA because I was throwing up everything; fluids & solids. They ran tests etc etc and turned out I got food poisoning from this place off of eating the burrito I had. Very awful place not too sure what happened to Mariela's it used to be a go-to for me it's local, reasonable prices, and could get by with a meal from here. I used to come by all the time and then one day I stopped by and saw the city had visited had shut them down for health inspection reasons. I would not recommend this place, just my personal opinion will never be eating from here after this awful experience I had. Will be reaching out to the city with my hospital papers for further inspections at this place. Staff is always rude as well seems like they just don't like their job, no professionalism, and just seem like they're bothered by your presence. Ambiance in the restaurant is alright doesn't seem too clean the staff and ownership could do a better job of maybe walking around wiping down the tables after people are done eating make it "more sanitary". Done eating from this place and highly do not recommend. Additional side mentions along with the agua frescas they don't give you a refills aside from the high prices on their cups no refills is insane seems like they're just on their last legs. read more

Hands down the worst experience ever. Not only was the food horrible, but their customer service was the WORST I've ever encountered. When we got to the register to order, we didn't give any trouble and just ordered like anyone else would. I asked for beans on the side for the nachos and without hesitation, it was a straight no. Since then, the employee was very rude to us. When we asked for a restroom token, all the waiters told us something else as if they didn't want us to use the restroom - and we just wanted to wash our hands. We waited over 40 minutes for our order, and even orders after us were served before we were. We asked when we would get our food, were just dismissed and stared at. After a long wait, we finally got our food and it was wrong and so poorly and disgustingly made. Our meat choices were incorrect and the torta, which is usually filled with veggies, meat, and sauce, was just beans and meat. The nachos were unpleasantly presented, with blocks of cheese and the stem still on the avocado. I've also never had nachos where all the cheese was poured before the chips. I am confident I will never return and can say that this was the worst restaurant experience ever. Truly a huge disappointment after hearing good things about it. read more

Mariela's Taco - Nacho Supreme - Mexican Near Me - Los Angeles, California

I think they were running out of meat.....barely got any. When I asked if I could get tortilla chips to make up for the meat the guy said "no, nothing else fits" he also said he would put extra avocado and never did. Top it off the nachos are soft and squishy read more

Mariela's Taco - Asada nachos supreme - Mexican Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Not good, found a hair in the food. And not enough vegetables nor meat in the soup. Poor customer service, everyone there looked unhappy. Hard to find parking in their lot, parking spaces are too small. read more

I ordered two burritos and they messed up both of them. The lady working the register seemed rude when i was ordering food, so I guess she just didn't care. I really wanted to like this place because it's so close to where I live. Probably won't be coming here again. read more

Ok I might give this place another chance .. so what got me irritated was that the cashier messed up on the drink order of the lady that was in front of me . I clearly heard her say one pina and one Jaimaca . The lady is giving her one pina and horchata ... here she is arguing with her trying to get her to take the horchata . Once she gave in and gave her what she wanted . in front of me she rolls her eyes . I don't care if you at a taco stand or at 5 start Michelin restaurant ... lady was so wrong. I clearly heard the woman's order . That is rude . Ok besides the point .... I order 3 tacos and waited 45 minutes for them . Clearly when I ate them I was still hungry because by that time I was starving. Mariela tacos has been a place my boss and mom have recommended they were good . The taco salsa was spicy but delicious . But honestly with that wait and staff hmm leaves me not waiting to go back again . read more

I've been here about 3 x and I can't complain there good is fire they hook it up with meat , they chicken tacos are good and I highly recommend to check it out ! read more

This place is okay. Nothing special! Just Mexican food. El Taurino is the spot for Burritos and Tacos. This would be 3rd option if anything. Service is not bad the cooking ladies are a bit flirty lol..ambiance is not all that great. Needs to be cleaned up and maybe remodeled read more

The menudo every day all day. You cannot go wrong. My mom wants me to mail Get some to Dallas. She's the one who turned me on to mariela's read more